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Thus when the Corporation announced the appointment of John M. Yovicsin, football coach at Gettysburg College, as the new head coach of football at Harvard, that was considerable surprise and scepticism expressed by various individuals. Yovicsin was a low-pressure type person. He had long since abandoned the glory of professional football for a relatively quiet existence as coach at tiny Gettysburg College. In coming to Harvard, many felt, Yovicsin would find the "big-time" too much to handle. Nothing could have been further from the truth. His low-pressure approach to football and his genuine love of the game...
...Yovicsin's coaching career goes back to the war years when he taught in a Southern New Jersey high school, coached football there and, practicing nights, played professional football for the Philadelphia Eagles. As Yovicsin puts it, however, "My future was not in pro football, and I wanted very much to stay in the coaching profession. Playing for the Eagles would have kept me away from some of my team's games, so I decided to stop playing." A few years later he returned to Gettysburg, his alma mater, as an assistant coach of football...
...Gerety and Chris Hauge will start in the backfield against Yale Saturday, Coach John Yovicsin announced yesterday. Walt Stahura and Sam Halaby may see some action, but still have not yet recovered fully from injuries received in the Brown game...
...Yovicsin said he was encouraged by the spirit shown by both the team and students, as several hundred spectators cheered the team at the end of the last home practice. The crowd and the Harvard band lined a flare-marked path as the team ran from the field to Dillon...
Coach Henry Lamar has used to advantage the T-formation offense instituted by varsity coach John Yovicsin at the beginning of the season. The squad has piled up 131 points during the season, allowing its foes only...